To get the most out of your next museum visit, make sure you have your cellphone with you. Not to gab on, of course, but to listen to audio tours that weave music, narration and recordings from historical archives designed to bring more context to the exhibitions.

The $24.5 million Jepson Center for the Arts, which opens Friday in Savannah, Ga., is a shockingly modern addition to both the historic downtown of Georgia's oldest city as well as the annex's 138-year-old sister museum.

She has a new baby and a new movie, but Sharon Stone still found time to raise money for her cause. Stone flew in from the London set of Basic Instinct 2 for her whirlwind shakedown of the rich and famous at the American Foundation for AIDS Research benefit dinner in Mougins, just outside Cannes, Friday.

Column: While art is an amenity that may not generate revenue for an airport, it can certainly create lots of goodwill and a wonderful sense of place. Thankfully, more and more airports are getting onboard with everything from temporary exhibitions of loaned artwork to permanent collections valued at millions of dollars.

San Francisco is a city that likes to reinvent itself every few years, sometimes because it can (Gold Rushes past and present), and sometimes because it has to (earthquakes past and present). Whether by choice or by accident, San Franciscans consider upheaval par for the course, so rather than crying over worthless stock options, they bide their time, certain in the knowledge that the next big thing is just around the bend.

Midway between Seattle and Tacoma, about 10 miles south of Seattle, the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is laid out with a main terminal, four concourses (A, B, C and D), and two satellite terminals (North and South), accessible by underground tram. (Concourse A should reopen in April).